The jovian anticyclone BA. II. Circulation and interaction with the zonal jets

Icarus

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 499-515

  Hueso, R ^a   Legarreta, J ^a   Garcia Melendo E ^b   Sanchez Lavega A ^a   Perez Hoyos S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b Esteve Duran Observatory Foundation   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Atmospheres; Dynamics; Jupiter

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949083124     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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